Gunnar Ryan Wiik born September 23, 1981, also known as Ryan Wiik, is an actor, producer and entrepreneur best known for founding the publicly traded entertainment company WR Entertainment.Career In the late summer of 2005, Wiik was a contestant in a Norwegian talent search TV show, Filmstjerne (English translation: “Movie Star”). In 2007, Wiik appeared in the thriller, Timber Falls, directed by Tony Giglio, playing the role of James.

Articles in the daily financial newspapers revealed that investment banks, investors, and publicly traded companies in the U.S. were interested in funding the transaction. Among them were Lionsgate Entertainment, which had expressed interest to participate in the $90-million equity transaction. WR Films Entertainment Group, Inc. was in 2015 acquired by the Norwegian parent company WR Entertainment ASA, in which Wiik became a major shareholder and member of the public company's board of directors.

In December 2015 WR Entertainment ASA applied for admission to trading on the Oslo Stock Exchange Merkur Market, and was subsequently approved and rang the opening bell on January 13, 2016. The Daily Variety reported that WR Films had acquired the motion-picture rights to all 83 novels in the best-selling Morgan Kane series, which had sold more than 20 million books to date.